/ˈrɪgl ||; ˈrɪgḷ/verb[I,T] 1 wriggle (about /around) to move about, or to move a part of your body, with short, quick movements, especially from side to side 扭动（身体）；蠕动: The baby was wriggling around on my lap. 婴儿在我膝上扭来扭去。She wriggled her fingers about in the hot sand. 她用手指拨弄着热沙。
2 to move in the direction mentioned by making quick turning movements 快速蠕动；沿着蜿蜒的路线行进: The worm wriggled back into the soil. 蠕虫钻回泥土里去了。
wriggle out of sth/doing sth(
informal 非正式) to avoid sth by making clever excuses 借口逃避:
It's your turn to wash up -- you can't wriggle out of it this time! 轮到你来洗碗了─这次你可不能再找借口逃避了！